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Last edited by wendyw on Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:07 am; edited 1 time in total

Some people might want to explain how a comic started in December 2009 should ever be able to win “Best new comic” if only webcomics started one year prior to nominations closing are covered._________________

The only situation I can think of where that would be applicable would be if some well-established comic author/artist ended their current comic and began a new, entirely different comic during December._________________

Some people might want to explain how a comic started in December 2009 should ever be able to win “Best new comic” if only webcomics started one year prior to nominations closing are covered.

That's why some people are voting for a year and a quarter, or year and a half, wrap-around for nominations. A comic started in December 2009 would be better off being nominated in the NEXT round of awards, ja?_________________

Maybe a minimum age of up to six months in addition to a maximum of one year plus that minimum age couold help? If a nominee is six months old, there should be enough of it to see if it's good or not._________________Webcomics - Blog - Twitter

I think having the category span a calendar year makes it much easier for everyone to remember. A year and change doesn't seem right to me.

If you want to make it fair for everyone, you can expand the definition of "new comic" to two years, like in the Hugos-- an author qualifies for the "New Author" award for two years after their first sale. But I don't really think that's a good idea for a webcomics award, to be honest, because a webcomic can change so much over that kind of time. And we get so many new comics starting up every year this is going to be one of the most overloaded categories as it is.

Yes, a comic started in late December would have a hard time getting attention, but them's the breaks, isn't it? I don't think getting nominated or not for this award is going to hurt a new comic's chances of winning an audience._________________